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IT’S ZOOM TIME IN IRISH MUSIC CIRCLES – The sessions have become solos during this extraordinary pandemic. Boston Irish’s Sean Smith takes stock of the scene, and asks what the revival will look like. Page 14. Painting created for Boston Irish by Vincent Crotty

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US once obstruction. himself to pure right at College Green in sight of what statue equestrian enormous an be to used of William of Orange on Dame Street. by despised most man the of statue The Catholics bombed and been nationalists had it was after finally 1938 in removed The times. several damaged severely and scars of a disputed history. along Nassau Street up Kildare, and As the protest between the Spire and Boston, from hats baseball were There down south move to began crowd The O’Connell’s devotion to his Catholic to the proclamation, Maxwell strewed the seeds of further rebellion the across island that culminated in the war of independence, a partitioned Ireland, and a civil war. were there off, set Larkin Jim of statue the a surprising number of African Irish, a smattering of sizable French-speaking the West leading them, among Africans Chants 5,000. indicated reports – crowd resounded: “Black lives matter” … “I call-and-response and … breathe” can’t chants like: “Say Justice!” his name!” want? “George we do “What sign One … Floyd!” Now!” it? want we do When … read “We don’t assassinate presidents like we used to.” New York, Chicago, L.A., and Francisco. San The baseball diaspora. saw I my friend Gerry in COVID-19 the masks crowd. were everywhere, many with the slogan “I can’t breathe” scrawled across the front of the mask. courteous and helpful were Gardai The to the protesters, sometimes sharing a laugh. 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musicians, singers,dancers,organizers, First Sunday Month! AfternoonofEvery Traditional IrishSession Boston Irish Summer 2020 Online at BostonIrish.com Page 9 center.org rian Rian, the Irish word for path, honors our Irish Rian, the Irish word for path, honors mission of roots while reflecting our inclusive families on empowering immigrant and refugee and a better the path to opportunity, safety future for all. ONE STATE STREET BOSTON, MA 02109 THE IRISH INTERNATIONAL IMMIGRANT CENTER HAS BECOME THE CENTER IMMIGRANT INTERNATIONAL THE IRISH Page 10 Boston Irish Summer 2020 Online at BostonIrish.com on meditation somber a 1751, fromyard” ic “Elegy Written in a Country Church tle will call to mind Thomas Gray’s icon simply “InaCountryChurchyard.” cemetery prompted a poem that he titled for his interment. His experience in the northwardBellaghy cortege to funeral for aney, Rooney not only traveled to Dublin Braintree. An unabashed admirer of He where he teaches at Thayer Academy in Massachusetts, of resident longtime a and (2000) poems, of books previous native Aidan Rooney. The author of two rich new volume by County Monaghan included in poem fine particularly a read I when Seamus.” “famous become had he before 1978, in poetry his encountering first since and a man whom I have writer a admired to respects my greatly pay to 2016 in become a destination. I visited his grave Heaney’s life, final resting his place and may writing indeed his to dedicated centre arts an into converted Bellaghy in station police Constabulary Ulster 2016 of The Homeplace, a former Royal County Derry. Thanks to the opening in in his home village of Bellaghy in south and was buried in St. Mary’s Cemetery 2013 of August late in died He past.” living the and miracles everyday exalt lyrical beauty and ethical depth, which judges honoring him for his “works of literature,the for Prize Nobel the him, 1995 he was awarded, like Yeats before in the 1970s and to fame in the ’80s. In the mid-1960s then rose to prominence Heaney emerged as a promising poet in Yeatsthat died, year the 1939, in Born likewise become Yeats’s,a must-see rival tourist recognition site? name and only other Irish poet whose popularity and notforthefirsttime. I made the pilgrimage there myself . . . in all of Ireland. A couple of years ago is probably the most frequently visited grave his Sligo, County churchyardin Drumcliffin Located commanded. he tourists to do just the opposite of what literary other and of readers legion admiring his to summons a become in old graves roadside on found monly of to turn on its head the Roman entreaty mark hisgrave: would that limestone local of slab the the der Ben Bulben” explicit instructions for Aidan RooneyinaCountryChurchyard spelled eminent Irish poet William Butler Yeats For seasoned readers of poetry, that ti recentlyvisit that remindedof was I Will the grave of Seamus Heaney, the Ironically, given that his intention was Horseman, passby. On life,ondeath. Cast acoldeye In 1938, the year before he died, pre- human mortality. “The curfew tolls “at traveler”—com viator—“Halt, Sta epitaph he wished to have cut into cut have to wished he epitaph i fnrl u as floe his followed also but funeral his tl, et’ soc ietv has directive stoic Yeats’s Italy, out in his valedictory poem “Un B S y pecial T (2007), Rooney is Rooney (2007), Tightrope Go There (MadHat Press), a homas

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We tooksomuchfor granted;nowwe our lives. in else everything seemingly with indeed come crashing down, along Within a matter of weeks, it all did to comecrashingdown.” all it for – organizers and teachers too hard worked for too have long – people as musicians, many “Too Celtic musicscene? an in imminent resultdemise of might Boston’s Irish/ that trend a signal perhaps these Did events. occurring regularly and venues and other recent closings of beloved Pub Briar Green the of shuttering Celtic music community about the some considerable of angst in note the local took Irish/ things, other among that, Irish Boston for piece ago – long I wrote of a days personal-perspective care-free halcyon, those know, you – February late around Back shut. mouth big to wear protective masks while we the session or dance? Will we all have into allowed be will people era of social distancing? How many the in work that will wonder, we an floor. How, on dance packed equally dance contra or ceili a of pub, crowded or to spin through a the figures in tunes play and sit same somehow. tr some also is there ticipation, for granted.Ineverwillagain!” it took I much how realize didn’t “I thing: same the literally say to seems everyone And thing. real simply cannot take the place of the apps, other or Skype or Zoom by whether sessions, Virtual people. same room the and playing in music with sitting other miss sorely by, friends and acquaintances who or seen comments on social media couple of months, I’ve spoken last with, the During thing. wonderful will be given. And won’t that be a someday, surely, the all-clear signal music, are rare now. for home friend’s a at gatherings informal just or rehearsals, band Even re-open. to enough long re-open – or they’ll how many capacity will what survive in or when this writing, nobody knows exactly we where places other and halls, cert closed, as are the coffeehouses, con pubs we used to go for sessions are though, it’s pretty bad. Most all the forever from existence.” To be sure, “eradicated mean necessarily not B pdto ta i wnt e the be won’t it that epidation We think of what it was like to like was it what of Wethink an and hope the beneath Yet that know we Intellectually, happened. what know Well,we words: many so in said, I Nah, my kept should’ve I guess I Of course, “crashing down” does oston enjoyed live performances. As of B I Hope vs.Fear y rish S ean C orrespondent S mith Irish/Celtic DancingMusic - - hands sanitized?). Sure, we can adapt, can we Sure, sanitized?). hands (appropriate social distance? face mask? forethought is now subject to a checklist used to do spontaneously and without we which That future. foreseeable the for lives about our in vigilant everything practically be must we seems it because disconsolate, little a not and and events, of course. We feel anxious, shake handswiththem?” to hug and kiss my friends, or even just and ceilis, but wondered: “Will I be able looked forward to getting out to sessions with spoke I musician Aevents. these session atmosphere. but these acts tend to be forgiven in the space, personal on bit a infringing it’s You do this with little or no thought; true, in that direction so that you’re in synch. your left does, and you lean over more grasp of the tune – but the flutethe have to playerseem doesn’t right to your to you find the fiddle player immediately other musicians to some reel or jig, and happen: You’rethe with along playing affect the might it how and era, navirus in theword “craic.” things, gather.who those among resthose All interpersonal dynamics and social mo the and – sounds the as well and as tastes smells, sights, the – experience the margins, the various sensations we what happens at the intervals and it’s along session; a characterizes that music Ferraiuolo discusses how it’s not just the Universit Boston Sessions,” Music Irish ditional Train - Subjectivity and Communality dance orplaymusic? Irish HeritageFestival--seemlikealong-agomemory. the 2015Dorchester the COVID-19pandemic,large-scaleIrish/Celticevents--likethisscenefrom What withtherepercussionsfrom ts o js mscrltd activities music-related just not It’s of intimacy the about think Wealso coro the contemplate we so And Spontaneity: of “Rites book his In craic, and those moments that just that moments those and craic, he notes, are neatly summed up atrplgs Augusto anthropologist y - - newbies into the fold; pub sessions will, bring to effort extra an make likewise will musicians resident longtime experienced, community; music the in resourcefuland connections seeking in adapt: Newbies will be more purposeful improve myplaying. me make friends and acquaintances and Coach Village House or the Kinvara like Pub that places helped at atmosphere welcoming the and here, arrival new a being remember I – bad too be would become that much more difficult, which could connections making itself, music area’s Irish/Celtic music scene, or to the one hand, sure. But if you’re new to this distancing. Better than nothing? On the based on room capacity factored by social to be specifically invited or designated, have will participants session perhaps held in a pub, restaurant or other setting, room, porch, or back yard. Or, if they living someone’s are of province the more sions become less of a public event, and distant, future. be like in the near, and somewhat more music in Boston (and elsewhere) might are some thoughts on what Irish/Celtic second intheNL up West. wind to lead game six-and-a-half a blew Braves the while East, AL the year,Yankees in that the third finished WorldSeries between the a Yankees projected and Braves; I worked, I where paper weekly the for column sports a my byline was in 1983, when as part of under prognostication last the think I that until aforementioned Up column writing. earlier this in year, not least at u i dig o wa d w leave we do behind? what so, doing in but Then again, maybe people will, in fact, It might be that in the short term, ses- So with disclaimers at the ready, here dnt ae lt f p of lot a make don’t I redictions, and maybe that will be enough. Maybe. and atleastpartlyfillthevoid. homes for sessions on some regular basis event, but more people will open up their for the time being, be a less participatory and student alike, but if you’re an as- an you’re if but alike, student and instruction is still in-person preferable for teacher Sure, now. years many for Facetime, Skype, via teaching been have sicians decades. for happening been what’s reflect not in high tech? – and most certainly does work folkies many how noticed ever you have thing, one for – laughable is notion This advances. technological modern of, scornful even to, oblivious tunes and songs somehow rendered you centuries-old degree, playing first if as the of Luddite a be surely must – kind other any practically or – Irish/Celtic music folk with involved anyone Green Briarsession,2013. Maybe that’s as far as things will go, will things as far as that’s Maybe o eape fl/rdtoa mu- folk/traditional example, For that perception a be to used There n ohr uh platforms such other and Tech andTrad Boston Irish Summer 2020 Online at BostonIrish.com Page 15 - singers, musicians,

albeit perhaps not as exactly as not perhaps albeit Oh, as for the World Series match-up Series World the for as Oh, Yet Yet tech-assisted solutions and premise the to back me brings Which So best of luck to everyone involved Perhaps as an alternative to in-person to alternative an as Perhaps I present these scenarios as hypo thetical, but some of them are already happening, dancers, organizers, promoters and, obviously, the people who sit, watch, and listen. I look forward to raising a pint with you, whether over a table or feed. a livestream this year? I’ll get back to you. described. They aren’t magic pills and financial and logistical with comes each removed far seem may also They issues. enjoyed have us of many ways the from Irish/Celtic music, and I don’t them hold up as being superior, or equal, to the experience of sitting in a pub or concert hall. strategies will help keep the alive and accessible, not just to its core music listening wider the to also but audience most needed what’s sure, be To public. of all are people dedicated to playing for or vocation a as whether music, the I Fortunately, both). (or enjoyment sheer especially them, have always we’ll think in this corner of the world. for this column: Boston’s Irish/Celtic music scene may have come crashing resolute determined, the not but down, community that built and sustained it in the first place. Putting things back together will take a long require time, revising and some assumptions and expectations as to what a “scene” moving its how and encompass, should frustrations, be will There operate. parts setbacks, and occasional curse words. – rebirth great the in audio and video equipment they use. audio and video equipment they use. or livestream events, performers will opt to record videos to on be a shown venue’s Facebook or page: YouTube straightforward, minimalist, face-the-camera-and-play episodes of, 30 say, minutes; or more elaborate affairs with sophisticated a artistic pay and viewers Maybe values. production and venue between split proceeds – fee performer – to have a permanent link to the video. - - - on Bandcamp and YouTube so I so YouTube and Bandcamp on . Maybe I break down and buy me. “As someone used to fiddle all or most of their events, upgrading events, their of most or all Ireland or Scotland while sitting in my in sitting while Scotland or Ireland Maybe music venues will begin to per to begin will venues music Maybe Extending the possibilities will mean will possibilities the Extending Which is why the folk and trad “There’s a learning curve for every- manently offer a livestreaming option for can make my music easily available for available easily music my make can listening and purchase, as opposed to supplement I Perhaps CDs. out putting Instagram, on getting by list e-mail my and learning to Facebook, and Twitter, my up gussy I Or effectively. these use website so that it’s attractive and easy to navigate. their audio-visual infrastructure they as price whatever justify to necessary to addition In viewing. for charge might venues maybe concerts, on-site of slate a on events remote-site host regularly will will performers and – livestreams their have to meet certain standards for the lessons ‘in person,’ the idea of doing it - real I then But me. to strange felt online somebody from lessons take could I ized in anything take doesn’t That room. living away from the importance of playing a It’s place. same the in together music way to extend the possibilities of what you can do with the music.” some serious thought and discussion, and could entail previously uncon sidered investments of time and, yes, money livestream for equipment decent some ing and home recordings, and get an account and creativity to attract audiences and entertainment where time a at listeners options abound inside and outside the Boston. like place a in especially home, when easier any get to going not That’s lessen. pandemic restrictions music community needs to the say activity, Internet broaden its deepen and may Folkies founders. Folk of Ministry the for but se, per technophobes, be not most part, they haven’t embraced the such – either ’Net, the of capabilities full as using social media or platforms like Bandcamp to promote, or concerts share virtual doing or or music, their sell the take to time the is Now workshops. plunge, says the Ministry team. one,” native Boston-area Sarah Collins told erstandably, erstandably, und

AND THE SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME TO THINGS OF SHAPE THE AND Ready or Not, the Future is Now has proliferated in a relatively short Meanwhile, each year (though not this not (though year each Meanwhile, Irish Boston for story a did I Recently, There’s a nice local angle to the Although they created the website Some perspective is in order here, ctually, already here: Several members of Boston’s Irish/Celtic music community took part in the Pure Dead Brilliant Livestream Brilliant Dead Pure the in community took part music Irish/Celtic Several members of Boston’s already here: Actually, concert in March. and not unreasonably – might expect, of level baseline certain a demand even easy it’s watching, livestream in quality to take for granted how far this much tech- how and along, come has nology it are refinements Further time. of period livestream making horizon, the on surely technology better and, ever hopefully, affordable. more one, sadly) when I catch the feed from how myself remind to try I Shrewsbury, my on watch to been it’s cool quite really laptop as the likes of Sharon Shannon, Rusby, Kate Island, Ushers Irvine, Andy and Daoirí Farrell play live thousands of miles away. [ministryoffolk. Folk of Ministry the on com], a website launched in April to aid folk/traditional musicians whose livelihood has been affected directory a includes by site The pandemic. the for performers/teachers, a calendar of virtual concert or workshop events featuring folk and traditional music, links to resources such as assistance financial campaigns for and teaching to musicians, related information and performing online. Ministry: Two of its four co-founders are current Boston-area residents, and a third grew up All here. of them play folk and traditional music, though not as a full-time occupation, and have an lives. our in presence its for appreciation in response to a crisis, of Folk the team has a long-term Ministry plan. As intensified has pandemic the it, see they performers for challenges long-evolving and organizers, and Robust time. the some for endure impact to certain is music folk/traditional Boston’s though scene may be, it takes a lot of effort performance location (a professional stage? a well-illuminated living room? a poorly lit bedroom? someone’s back yard?). Things sometimes go wrong with the feed, or some other technical difficulty occurs. – we as Much however. Irish/Celtic Dancing Music Dancing Irish/Celtic - - - these

from from the famed Har Window Window closed down last Nearly 10 years ago, Concert ago, years 10 Nearly in the past (“Something I swore swore I (“Something past the in atmosphere atmosphere in the venue, the whole operation, and devoted devoted and operation, whole the Again, most of us would no doubt no would us of most Again, The Shrewsbury Folk Festival in Livestreaming Livestreaming performances via But this is hardly a recent phe Needless to say, teleconferencing e important parts of the live music live the of parts important e experience that are difficult, if livestream. not on convey to impossible, Audio and video quality can vary greatly in virtual events, depending on the equipment used and the ar resources resources accordingly: Instead of a sending camera fixed-position single grainy footage, the festival live feed (available via YouTube) features a choice of two stages, overall and cameras active multiple, each with excellent picture and sound; special there other and interviews also are segments which, along with the performances, are archived on the festival page. YouTube It’s a major production. person, in performance a see to prefer screen, TV monitor, a via than rather perform- the of energy The phone. or ers, their rapport with the audience, the year, year, over its lifetime it expanded to include numerous other venues beyond Boston and New England. England has been livestreaming for - organiz Festival decade. a than more ers clearly saw it as an integral part of Window – a partnership including a including partnership a – Window musicians, then-Boston-based of pair Irish-style accordion player Dan Gurney and mandolinist/guitarist O’Connor Forrest – struck an - agree livestream to Passim Club with ment performances nomenon, even for the folk/trad world. vard Square coffeehouse. 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Local Irish member a Houton, Declan musician of the band Devri, hosted a series of online musical get-togethers from his home in the winter and spring and raised $25,000 for Lucy’s Love Bus, an organization that supports Boston-area cancer. battling children Celtic acts such as Maura Hanneke Sefton, Cassel Eamon Block, Mike and and Hearn, Conor and Scanlin Shawn Stay the in part took Moynihan Jenna livestream global a Festival, Home At event in March held to musicians who had lost income due benefit to cancelled performances. has been indispensable for includ late, of students music and teachers piring fiddler whose schedule doesn’t schedule whose fiddler piring half schlepping accommodate easily remote lesson, a for way each hour an if Or, solution. welcome a is learning you finda musician whose playing style a is live to exactly happens who what but for, you’ve looking been away – ocean an or – states of couple Skype? you, why not work by from ing those who had given it a wide berth Page 16 Boston Irish Summer 2020 Online at BostonIrish.com with GalicianpiperCarlosNuñez. them among numerouscollaborations, fiddle ensemble Childsplay and part of has been a member of the Boston-based sic, as well as her original work. 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(Continued on page19) Boston Irish Summer 2020 Online at BostonIrish.com Page 17 But Butler notes that MacDonagh’s and ‘Poet on ‘John-John’ included “I “MacDonagh’s love of Ireland took “Inevitably, we’ve come to focus Butler is full of praise and gratitude All of which leads to the inevitable “I never get disheartened on a “Poems & Songs from the Woodlands Cloughjordan, Cloughjordan, with all features, its influenced natural writing,” MacDonagh’s says playing Butler. on unknown “Musicians the in Cloughjordan MacDonagh street and grew were so up spot for the traditional music. not In with fact, a he played soft uilleann pipes, as well clarinet and as piano, and was a singer himself.” poetry wasn’t all rosy nostalgia, as is evident in “John-John”: ruminations a on her ill-fated community, woman’s marriage Traveller the from man a to a through expressed complex range of emotions – disappointment, wistfulness. sorrow,and regret, Patriot,’ but felt it should be given a rebirth here,” says Butler. “It the empathy MacDonagh shows was capable of. He supported the suffragette and women’s rights influenced by his mother’s sympathy movements, for Travellers, but he doesn’t cast John John- as a villain. At track, the there’s end some of lively music the that symbolizes John-John’s return to his traveling people, and the wife’s to her own freedom.” on many dimensions: aesthetic beauty, but its not language, its just history and culture, and this its all came together in the should belief be that says Butler. free “So Ireland by 1915, he has risen from to oppression,” such circles prominence that in he nationalist organizer becomes for the funeral the of the central great Fenian Jeremiah O’Donovan Rossa – a very important event in the run-up to the 1916 Rising – and ‘On his tribute, a Poet the Patriot,’ commemorative program is for the included funeral. in on his death. But ‘Woodlands Edge’ offers an opportunity to consider his life through what he heard, read, saw, and experienced.” for his many album, collaborators on including its the executive John Cleveland, producer, and who Schreck, associate producer. Mike served as question: Now that he’s finished first with breakfast, is he onto dinner? True through sorting to already is Butler form, some ideas, and he has every reason to feel confident that one of them will take hold. project; it I’ll may finish take it,” there’s a says momentum to forever, every project, Butler. but and “I think I don’t like to let fortunately, it I stop have – friends and, who help keep it going.” iTunes. For via Edge” is available news and updates concerning information, the project, see the Facebook page at facebook.com/irishmartin1971. Cady Coleman photo It certainly did for “Woodlands “These are examples of how the Once again, Butler began inviting “I figure if I don’t ask someone, I’ll Edge,” and as with albums, the result is Butler’san incredible array previous of sounds, styles, and tones over its 31 tracks, with a goodly number of Greater Boston-Massachusetts involved: Martin of Maguire’s “The reading Night musicians Hunt,” MacDonagh’s recollection recollection from childhood of dogs local in pursuit of game, punctuated by a driving reel, “Devaney’s Goat,” on melodeon by Paudie Walsh Butler with accompanying (he on also plays bodhran low whistle whistle on and tin the from “My album); School a McAuley, that celebrates Days,” the snippet pristine read beauty by of hills Cloughjordan’s and wooded floweredelegant fiddle fields, and with pianoRose duetClancy an and from Janine Randall; and Aedin Moloney (daughter of Paddy, who plays pipes whistle on the reciting and “Knocknacree” “The track) uilleann Little in which Barley MacDonagh references around the and Stack,” in found music traditional Cloughjordan, while Ridarelli fiddler plays Laura the hornpipe same name. of the sights and sounds of his youth in thought of ‘taking a journey through Thomas’s mind.’ Martin just launched right into ‘The Man Upright,’ a poem that is believed to commemorate one of Thomas’s teachers of Irish. I think that really lit the spark – I had Martin record it for me, in fact, and it ended up on the album.” friends, acquaintances of-friends or – The of Moloney Paddy friends- like luminaries including Irish music Chieftains, singer-songwriter O’Maonlai, Liam and producer sound credits Brian engineer/ include Van Morrison, Sinead part take to – Corrs) The and O’Connor Masterson in (his his recording project; also the among cast were Turlach and three other members of the MacDonagh Muriel family, McAuley, Michelle Drysdale, and Dylan MacDonagh. never know whether they can or want to do it,” Butler says. “I’d rather take And out. works it if see and chance the often than not, it does.” more “stubborn and I wanted to have the listener “He was a man who took chances, MacDonagh’s “MacDonagh had the guts to ask, The seeds for “Woodlands Edge” A get-together in The Burren in “Poems & Songs from the Woodlands Edge” creator Martin Butler, right, with Paddy Edge” creator “Poems & Songs from the Woodlands Downes, the album’s associate producer. Moloney of The Chieftains, and Jason simply through the his soul act through his of poetry,” explains. “His life Butler was one of baring passion – including a eventually lead passion him that to – lose would his life explore those things that aspect of him, including his great which fueled love of nature and Irish exemplifies history. He that basic, desire so many of us elusive but and fulfilling it.” dream feel: having a determination” is Yeats, Butler William with relationship reflected innotes his Butler. Prior to publishing first his volume of poetry, “Through the Ivory Gate,” MacDonagh sent a draft to Yeats – to whom dedicate the work – for his comments. he intended to glowing than less “in back wrote Yeats terms” and offered MacDonagh some advice: Learn the old Irish language and don’t print too many the Ivory Gate.” “Through copies of the “In Butler. says that,” admire I and end, he ignored suggestion Yeats’s on the number of copies to print. He felt it was better to fail dramatically than the In commitment. total a make not to midst of it all, he was still lecturing traveling, ,and continuing to write being true to – himself. But he did take part of advice: Yeats’s He went to the Aran Islands to learn Irish.” were sown during the work “Poet for the and explains. Patriot” “There album, wanted for was ‘Poet and Butler Patriot’ but just so not enough time and space, and some much I of the tracks recorded then were aside set for possible future use, since had little flashes of I where else I might ‘Poets with involved got I then And go. in the Trenches,’ was something different, but as I which was obviously wrapping that up I started more about thinking the ideas I’d been sorting during ‘Poet and Patriot.’” through Somerville with Turlach MacDonagh – the grandson Martin O’Malley, of a former Thomas governor of – Maryland and and fan, was avid a turning point, Irish Butler says. music “We were talking, and we hit on the Arts & Entertainment Arts rish I mith S ean oston S B y B or F

Butler’s fascination with MacDonagh with Butler’s fascination “I’m very good at thinking up and Thing is, Butler’s metaphorical All three albums have a similar “Where ‘Poet and Patriot’ When it comes to making albums,

focus on the life of Thomas MacDonagh, the ‘Poet and Patriot’ and the ‘Poet MacDonagh, Thomas life of on the focus In ‘Poems & Songs from the Woodlands Edge,’amplifying the Edge,’amplifying Woodlands the from Songs & In ‘Poems comes in part up from in birthplace having MacDonagh’s Cloughjordan, the grown Co. and Tipperary childhood home. Beyond the deep town of respect he body holds of work, Butler for finds admirable qualities MacDonagh’s in the way MacDonagh lived his lif Boston-area Boston-area musician Martin half-jokingly Butler sums operandi this up practically way: words, other “Finish In dinner.” his breakfast. Start modus as soon as he’s wrapped up the work on one recording, he’ll get cracking on the next one, which he’s usually had in mind for some time. planning out concepts for albums, but not so much at marketing my stuff – I find it a soul-crushing experience,” he balance to like I “So laugh. a with says when the I’m two activities. That way, the – much very like don’t I what doing marketing – I compensate by thinking about what the next album could be like. Sort of like clearing while the you’re busy table from and breakfast, you think about what washing up make for dinner.” going to you’re musical meals are and-eat affairs, but sumptuous no feasts microwave- involving a multitude of chefs special with talents. He dozens recruits of literally musicians Boston and well beyond, Greater from and vocalists, the was as projects, his to contribute to album, completed recently his for case “Poems & Songs from the Woodlands is a follow-up to Edge.” The recording MacDonagh: “Thomas release, 2016 his Poet and Patriot,” which explored the life and legacy of MacDonagh, a poet, playwright, educator, and co-leader of the 1916 Easter Rising – one of the seven Easter Proclamation signatories executed by the British. these In two works was 2019’s between “Poets in the Trenches: The Irish in War,” the Great which Irishmen, of sacrifices and experiences commemorated in great-uncle, namesake his including the I. War World format: songs from and Irish with tunes readings of tradition, poetry or mainly prose, all of interspersed which recount or evoke elements. thematic In Butler does a deeper, more “Woodlands extensive and of foundations the of examination Edge,” major influenceswriting, on including MacDonagh’s poems his “Knocknacree,” well-known “John-John” and “At the End.” was basically MacDonagh’s a life, three-act and the roles play he different played,” says of Butler, “I saw ‘Woodlands Edge’ as a at him as closer a poet look and writer, and of his inspiration.” sources the Page 18 Boston Irish Summer 2020 Online at BostonIrish.com that ends with “Jackie Small’s,” vorite”; the other is a trio of jigs Millar” and “Eddy Duffy’s Fa- “Maud reels, of pair cracking a with – melody on in joining playing accompaniment before Hayes – Derrycrossnane”) of leisurely-paced jig (“Humours a combines which opener, the including tracks, two on Hayes Martin fiddler by excellence. rhythmic and melodic her measure of full the get you so mandola, and mandolin on solos, Fibish are tracks these of Both Down.” England Old song “Building Up and Tearing – track title album’s the does as side, meditative serene, instrument’s the showcases the late fiddler Tommy Peoples, Gleann Ciúin,” a slow piece by Glen/An Quiet “The of ment arrange- Her personality. of like Fibish bring out its shades players masterful but range, emotional/tonal of terms in violin the to mandolin the music. traditional Irish interpreting for offspring family lute these all confirming the suitability of elsewhere, sections animated lilting, bright, here, sages pas- resonant mellow, – Fog” Hollow “Bright of pleasures the to adds which chording, as well as counterpoint and harmonies using tracks, of the most for mandola on self Benet andThomasHardy. Vincent Stephen by poems of and two songs that are settings three of her own compositions, contemporary tunes, including an assortment of traditional and one track), as she holds forth on (although show Victor plays Fibish’s guitar on is album this Victor,Bruce husband but her with Noctambule duo the of glimpsed in these parts as half been often She’s triplets. and ornaments out tease to ability superb a with speed, over sustain and tone of qualities instrument’s the emphasizing traditional music on mandolin, regarded for her playing of Irish Hollow Fog” • Fibish is highly

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can translate quite translate ica, rock, andjazz. creatively integrating electron - than manner less-layered forward, is presented in a more straight- album title suggests, the music the tunes. as original And and contemporary, traditional, of with 8 of its 10 tracks consisting on Henderson’s musicianship, at i “agtr’ Pony” “Langstern’s jig part rocking beat to kick off the four- and then Watson bridge, and a Lyall there’sset a Napier; and Henderson by joined bassline, understated Lyall’s alongside Ghleanna” a Dubhair O “Sean Watson flatpicking with the song air starts which “Pony,” is himself anMD. in Syria, written by Henderson, slain Frontiers of Sans Medicine doctors four for lament a the solemn “First Do No Harm,” track and thiselsewhere, including on drones and textures synthesizers add some striking That Shakes the Barley.” Lyall’s “Wind rousing a for groove a Gatecrasher” until settling into “The on bursts stop-and-go into accompaniment the up changing then and Lough” the of “Boys of chunk good througha chord D a on along “Boys” ly fine account of himself on the Watson, who gives a particular accordionist EddieDuffy. Irish Northern to credited dances barn of pair rollicking a during solo his mention to not whistle, low to switches on “Jana,” on which Henderson underpinnings subtle his and follow), that jigs two the (and “Robin’s” mazurka-like the such boards, is a perfect complement, key- electric on especially ing, exhilarating. often is effect the and tune, a on puts he ornamentation or about just accentuate to seem mates the album, Henderson’s band- throughout case the is As 2.” No. “McKenna’s and Holm” the tempo for “The Flood on the through it – before he turns up relish with which the the four strut feel practically can you – Gordon” “Kitty of rendition medium-speed Henderson’s for backdrop funk-flavored Lyall lay down a luscious rock/ “Kitty,” titled as Napier, medley Watson, reel and a track, first very the on apparent are synthesizer). bass, (double Lyall Duncan and guitar), (acoustic Watson Innes (keyboards), Napier Hamish accompanists: his of and also heighten the presence electrifying touch on the pipes supple, his spotlight to serves “Raw” puts the spotlight more hglgt f h album the of highlight A overlook to not that’s But jazz-inflected play Napier’s approachthis of virtues The on “Hearts Broken”; this Broken”; “Hearts on as his masterful turns on turns masterful his as every rhythmic variation set – capering steadily capering – set - - Boston Irish Summer 2020 Online at BostonIrish.com Page 19 - - more more up-front and Séamus Ó Flatharta is lovely, is but lovely, the vocals Richardson and Bachand also Bachand and Richardson triumphant a is album the But instruments instruments as it goes along, while “The Jaws of Angus” is a slowly accelerating mando- a on moody, built jig minor-key triumvirate lin-bouzouki-guitar (with son’s delivery of “My Dearest Dear” for wish would you where real something each lead a song on “When the “When on song a lead each track neither frankly, but Wind,” quite matches the standard of Richard ones. instrumental the ethe and reverbed overly sound debut for this duo, whose partnership hopefully will persist through distance and pandemic-related difficulties. guesting on low whistle) that leads to Michael McGoldrick’s to Whalley Range.” “Farewell same the much it’s substantial; case for Bachand and his take on “Bonnie Miner Lad.” The arrangement, instrumentation, songs both for tone overall and as well. awfully similar are [haleyrichardson.bandcamp. com] - The Saturday following the fundrais- the following Saturday The “Definitely want to do it again,” he The housemates know it may be a But however much pleasure they’ve “You miss seeing the friends who Laura Feddersen NOTE: and some of her amazing is that the musicians are almost are musicians the that is amazing how show to goes just it – Americans all popular Irish music has become. And atmo- the and music, the of quality the some For excellent. is creates, it sphere customers, the session is the highlight of their week.” er for the for Behan bar relief tending by fund, gratitude Condon his showed the virtual session, serving up sangria he made through the window of the housemates’ kitchen, thus observing social distancing protocols. them, of thoughtful very was “That said. helping out the Behan like that.” while before the Behan can host sessions again, and even when it does, at the outset there are apt to be limits on how many musicians can participate. pandemic the observes, Frankowicz As interact we how “in changes to lead will our of aspects many in another one with lives.” For they now, plan to keep the tak- recently (after going session virtual ing a two-week hiatus), although they YouTube. to move a contemplating are being while music playing from derived Gourley and his quarantined together, in Saturdays those for long roommates the Behan. come by, whether to play or listen might – be somebody you haven’t seen in a while,” he says. “That’s of the possibilities. joy Of course, you means it much how don’t just realize always to you until it’s gone.” performers the among be will friends musical at this year’s Summer BCMFest, which on July 5 via will be held in virtual format passim.org/streams. Slender Boy,” as Bachand as Boy,” Slender At a different point along the along point different a At Both show themselves to be jigs (“Willie Coleman’s/Scatter Coleman’s/Scatter (“Willie jigs the Mud/The Old Favorite”), as Bachand displays his tenor banjo chops. spectrum is their unconven frames Richardson’s stirring lead with a dramatic piano arpeggio and crashing guitar chords – not overriding certain the a it lending but melody tautness. composing at shakes good pretty tunes, too: Richardson’s “The powerful a provides Whippet” close to a set that opens mandolin with on doubling Bachand “O’Carolan’s for bouzouki and Favorite” and segues into Paddy O’Brien’s “Burning are originals other her Brakes”; the playful “Maeve’s Cat Eye” which, – Terror” of Feet “100 and paired with the traditional reel “Earl of Hyndford,” is a delicious exercise in swing. As for Bachand, his for “Tune Garth Kempster” glides along smartly and sweetly, adding tional approach to the air “The air the to approach tional Dark - - - “Their support for the relief fund was fund relief the for support “Their Mike Condon has tended bar at the “It definitely brings out the authen- strong, and that’s something important something that’s and strong, to the Behan,” says manager Michelle job fantastic a do musicians “The Flynn. of representing that. It’s not only just that people like the music; these guys have a true following. It’s a rare thing these days. all their idea, and it was such a kind thing to do. It just shows the kind of can’t wait relationship we to have. We that get them back – in hopefully, here won’t be too long.” but years, three for weekends on Behan of part better the for regular a been has Cork native, he knows A two decades. a thing or two about Irish pubs, and as far as he’s concerned, the Saturday making toward way long a goes session the Behan an Irish pub. “What’s says. he pub,” Irish an of ticity with the Irish fiddle Irish the with a reel by East Galway East by reel a ferent ferent genres – and create a Most Most importantly, it’s an fortless bowing and fingering and bowing fortless earned earned an “Ensemble year’s this of for nomination the Year” Canadian Folk Music Awards, Their and it’s easy to see why. talents are abundantly clear, one with rapport their is so but build to them enabling another, off their distinct perspectives and personalities – Richard fiddler Tommy Coen, and a pair a and Coen, Tommy fiddler of reels “The Milkmaid/Lad’s Favorite” – these tracks get to the essence of the duo, Rich ardson’s assured, seemingly ef alongside Bachand’s crisp guitar work, with his astutely deployed chord voicings and rhythmic effects. Lúnasa flute player Kevin Crawford joins them for a medley of classic tradition, Bachand’s exper imental bent encompassing dif sound rooted in tradition with exploration. for room of plenty lis- enjoyable of full just album of Crosses “The as such tening, Annagh,” son’s grounding and discipline and grounding son’s associated , - guitar

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(Continued from page 16) Saturday session regulars are livestreaming their music their livestreaming are regulars Saturday session All-Ireland All-Ireland champion fiddler has 17 at who style Sligo the in (also known as “Langstrom’s Pony”), on which Henderson all the stops. pulls out Henderson’s to attention some singing, with his exquisite phrasing, enunciation, Paul and to compared often – timbre own its of deserving but Brady stage. center given – recognition “The lament the of rendition His Trees They Do Grow High,” backed by Napier’s gently elegiac piano, is sorrowful without being maudlin. By uilleann Henderson’s contrast, “The for backdrop the are pipes Wounded Hussar,” creating a goes that intensity and tension “raw.” of definition very the to [jarlathhenderson.bandcamp. com] the “When Bachand, Quinn Wind Blows High and Clear” • A pair of young musicians with intriguingly contrasting backgrounds: New Jersey na- resident Carolina North and tive Richar any chance know a Dinny McLaughlin Dinny a know chance any you?” would Toes,’ His ‘On called tune for up stays session each of video a again, Brendan the on shared (they’re week a Behan Pub Facebook group) until the next livestream. not trying to be perfect,” says Murray. pointed camera a there’s forget just “We at us and act It’s naturally. really as if same the with pub, the at playing were kind of interaction: the conversations special that and around, joking the and chemistry when you’re playing music together. And we they’re that have except some – us friends heckling lovingly in than rather media, social on it doing person.” prompted some good-natured wise- cracks: to get up and dance?” other and guys “You well: as comments pick to me inspired have sessions online up my old my tin of consternation the whistle “to again,” viewer, one wrote neighbors!” some when honor” our “defended also live four the that realizing not – viewers might musicians the thought – together be flouting social distancing and other the response, In guidelines. COVID-19 sessioneers began displaying a home- made sign, “We Are such any Roommates,” allay to livestream the during concerns. This tactic may have - creat ed another misunderstanding, notes Frankowicz. Page 20 Boston Irish Summer 2020 Online at BostonIrish.com n mrec aam o that so alarm emergency an issued He revenge.” for thirst either with fear or with rage and away completely…carried head his “lost though, Miller, have turned back soonto the would funeral. 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Image courtesyCityofBostonArchives - at theirfoes. from their own hearths to hurl children tore bricks and stones ,and women men, immigrant homes, very their for fighting hoods. Realizing they were now gateway to the Irish neighbor entrance of Old Broad Street, a the to down way the all Irish the drove they and workmen, ranks buttressed by Protestant their firemen, the with lay almost toapointoffrenzy.” until the brawlers “were excited exhorting their opposing sides clotted the street, cheering and further alike, Yankee and stones. paving the atop crumpled lay men unconscious and groaning where Street, Broad onto poured also companies to the fight. Additional engine rushed Irishmen waterfront, the along stretching borhoods neigh- the of corners all From it. desecrated and street, the into corpse the pitched coffin, the open smashed hearse, etebd wr rpe up ripped were Featherbeds streets. the into thrown were kinds all of goods household and furniture pieces; to cut to was Clothing else. erything ev destroy to thoroughness savage with proceeded then and coveted, they whatever windows smashed they in, broke ers Harrington writes: Edward looting. of orgy an into plunged and homes their or dragged Irish families from chased they streets, narrow the into surged and Irishmen their workmen allies scattered h wih o numbers of weight The Irish spectators, of Crowds Weee te maraud the “Wherever As the engine companies and n o hes sos were shoes shreds, to rn n dos stole doors, and - - - Str Broad awhile, for that tities Atlas andtheBoston Post. publications theBostonDaily 2, pp.243-251;andthe1837 Vol. Boston,” of of Archdiocese the “History are article this in as acommunity. June 1837 day, they had battled discrimination to come. On that of decades during dislodged dug in and would refuse to be along the waterfront. They foothold had their abandon Irish Street Riot could make Boston’s were found“innocent.” months in jail. The Protestants Irish posed of Yankees. Three of the in front of a jury entirely com- trial stood brawl the during and 4 Protestant men arrested be tallied accurately. not could it that large so The lously, no one had been killed. miracu- open, men torn had clubs and blades and cracked Street Riotcametoanend. fury,Broadof the hours three cohorts scattered. After nearly their and companies fire The neighborhoods. Irish adjacent the and Street Broad along Lancers, nies of infantry and the Boston Samuel A. Eliot sent Mayor ten compa counted. have would source on which few of the Irish edge. the water’s wharves, rified immigrants crowded the gangs. By 6 p.m., crowds of ter from the overwhelming Yankee fight, the Irish fell farther back chance” toplunder. the “seized and fight, the urged them on without joining companies, engine the trailed who hooligans” young and loafers [Yankee] “stout upon largely falls break-ins the for blame The homes. plundered with the Irish that day, actually firemen, despite their brawling scores ofhouseholds. trashed looters The familiar. sickeningly was scene the troops, British and landlords seen had and Ireland in tages cot- their from rousted been feathers. in ankle-deep spots…buried in pavement snowstorm…the o h wns n uh quan such in winds the to scattered contents their and The chiefsourcesforthedetails Not even the fury of the Broad Irishmen 14 1837, July In been had heads Although froma belatedly came Help the continuing Although There is evidence that a few had who immigrants For eet seemed to be having a having be to seemed eet number of wounded was wounded of number were sentenced to several their homes tumbled by tumbled homes their aar, n sweep a on cavalry, their backs literally to - - - Boston Irish Summer 2020 Online at BostonIrish.com Page 21

• Reunions • Weddings Weddings • • Special Occasions • Groups • Families • Groups • Portraits • Anniversaries • Banquets Anniversaries • Banquets • Harry Brett Margaret Brett Hastings Brett Margaret The official photographers Photography by of the Boston Irish Reporter (617) 291-6609 Image Photo Service My mind had been on relaxation and recuperation recuperation and relaxation on been had mind My In the first half of the evening, Father Bart He had raised a lot of money for the College that That was an instructive lesson for me about He died in 2016, but every so often that detour to lives in Originally from Dublin, Martin McGovern for having been so grumpy about the detour. about been so grumpy for having after a difficult professional baptism. His was on an act of mercy and kindness, tending to the sick and between us humbled me. the dying. The gap had charmed a banquet benefactors in an elegant hall hotel. In the full second part, of family a with surroundings everyday more in sat he prosperous coming to terms with the prospect of a devastating loss. night, but success did not pastoral mission distract or him loyalty from to a his the time, energy, friend. and care He to reach found out to someone in need at the very glory. basking in professional moment he could have been priorities and balance in life. I have never forgotten its moral or the example of its teacher. In the years that followed, I was blessed to have Father Bart as a a mentor, friend, a Sherpa guide to life in America, and the best man at my wedding. Brooklyn plays in my mind. A jarring lesson at the time, it will be in my heart forever. Mashpee and works at Stonehill College in Easton. An on July 22, 2016, earlier version of this piece was published River diocese. in “Anchor,” the newspaper of the Fall

After about an hour or so, Father Bart came down Martin McGovern and Father Bartley McPhaidin back back McPhaidin Martin McGovern and Father Bartley in the day. an awkward figure. Out of place twice in one night overdressed way and Waldorf the at inexperienced – the wonder No folks. working to catered that bar a at festered. minutes ticked by slowly as my frustration the stairs. Finally, we headed for Yonkers and the prospect of sleep. Breaking his silence as we drove, he spoke about his friend’s terminal illness but such a in compassionate tone that guilt gnawed at me Ireland, Ireland, Boston, hosted a tribute luncheon to James Joyce last month. Vice Consul Shane Caffrey gave a McNally, Maureen and “Ulysses” from reading short above, offered some wonderful insight into his life and works.

Funeral Home Funeral Personal History Personal rish www.GormleyFuneral.com I overn G c oston Gormley M B ••• Working Working my first black tie also reinforcing how I much had yet to master in the to dinner as a very junior public relations person, virtually I nothing learned about chosen profession. my The fundraiser the scale, of glitz and pace, at Astoria the in Waldorf New York City during 1980s overwhelmed the me while early

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The Father Bart wanted to visit an old friend who The ICC together with the Consulate General of The Irish Cultural Centre of New England in Canton Canton in England New of Centre Cultural Irish The “As we enter phase three we hope to have more Friday on public the to open is ICCNE the at Dining Burials in Massachusetts Burials in Massachusetts or Ireland 617-323-8600 2055 Centre Street MA Roxbury, West all for fine dining and drinks all for Cultural Centre welcomes Cultural Centre after-dinner after-dinner experience taught me a more me valuable took boss my up, wrapped gala the As lesson. life aside and suggested we take a detour to Brooklyn instead of returning to staying with his relatives. Bartley My boss was Yonkers Rev. where we were College. Stonehill of president the then MacPhaidin, was not well. I grumblings to yearned myself, I for drove out sleep. with Manhattan to him Keeping Brooklyn from where our my destination was a neighborhood bar owned by an Irish immigrant who, like Father Bart, hailed from Donegal. While he visited with his friend in the apartment above, I sat solo at the bar sipping In beer. my tuxedo, I cut business of communications and fundraising.

Martin McGovern A detour to Brooklyn, a lesson in kindness a lesson to Brooklyn, detour A opened for outdoor dining last month. “Going forward, forward, “Going month. last dining outdoor for opened with dinner, for weekend every open be will center the near very the in sometime lunch Sunday add to plans Programming. of Director Dooher, Maudy said future,” outdoor the on drinks and dinner performances, live patio and under the tent, and fine Irish fare with a wide variety of Irish stouts, ales and ciders. Summer cocktails and an array of Irish whiskeys big are a also where on drinks and dinner for us join Come hand. Céad míle fáilte is waiting!” & Saturday evenings. 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